Abstract: Car racing at a high level is a physically and mentally intensive sport. Despite the fact that a large number of
variables are measured on the car during racing, nothing is measured on the driver. It is well known that to
achieve peak performance in competitive sports it is important that the athlete is at their peak both physically
and mentally. The objective of this work is to monitor the mental state of the driver in real-time and provide
this information to the pit crew. A number of interesting cases are presented that show the potential of real-time
stress monitoring in race car driving as a means for driver performance optimisation and as a means to
reduce accidents.

@conference{icsports16,author={Joachim Taelman and Pieter Joosen and Jean-Marie Aerts and Vasileios Exadaktylos and Daniel Berckmans},title={Stress Level Monitoring in Car Racing - Examples of Measurements during Races},booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Congress on Sport Sciences Research and Technology Support - Volume 1: icSPORTS,},year={2016},pages={59-62},publisher={SciTePress},organization={INSTICC},doi={10.5220/0006084500590062},isbn={978-989-758-205-9},}